Here's Parker Palmer's poetic take on impossibility:
"I remember talking with a friend who has worked for many years at the
Catholic Worker, a ministry to the poor in New York City. Daily she tries
to respond to waves of human misery that are as ceaseless as surf in that
community. Out of my deep not-knowing I asked her how she could keep doing
a work that never showed any results, a work in which the problems keep
getting worse instead of better. I will never forget her enigmatic answer:
'The thing you don't understand, Parker, is that just because something is
impossible doesn't mean you shouldn't do it!'"
Jeff Bean
The Bean Law Firm PLLC
Your Solutions - Beyond the CourthouseT
Mediation Services. Collaborative Practice.
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Subject: Re: [CollabLaw] Impossible.....!
Hi carl Michael
Just in time for what some may deem an "impossible" case!
Peace
Teresa
On May 20, 2009, at 12:29 PM, carl Michael rossi wrote:
"Forget that this task ... is not possible.... Don't be put off by people
who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see if
it was impossible only after you are done."
Teresa D. Calabrese
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